Base your design on a Favourite Roast Dinner from your past. This can be very broad and encompass people, places or an activity.
Watch the Great Pottery Throw down
Get some inspiration for your design by going back to the source. You can catch up on Channel 4. It is Series 7 Episode 1. You can also watch HERE online (though you have to register).
Make your design
Make some sketches or find ideas on the internet. If you don’t have time, at least come to class with a concept and you can develop it as you work.
We are using white clay. Your set will be decorated with coloured slips and underglazes. (I’ll discuss those with you in Class 2) but you can also add texture with stamps, carving, and modelling. Be creative and don’t be afraid to be silly and have fun!
Don’t worry, I’ll guide you through your build and the class will work on them at the same time.
5 piece Roast Dinner Set
Pinch pot salt and pepper shakers
You’ll join 2 pinch pots to make the hollow forms for your salt and pepper shakers. Remember, there will be a cork in the bottom and it will protrude approximately 1/2 cm. The base will need a foot or a hollowed out area. Be sure to include this in your design.
Coiled Mustard Pot with Lid
Have some fun with this – make a creative knob on your lid.
Slab-built Gravy Jug
Although you all will make the same basic form, it can be made your own with a creative handle, scalloped edges or modelling.
Hump mold dish
The dish is made on a hump mold. Clay is rolled out into a slab and then formed around the mold. You can add a decorative edge, stamps, handles or even some modelling like the little dog Dave added to his dish.